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Anna Prucnal is a Actor French born on 17 december 1940 at Warsaw (Pologne)
Anna Prucnal (born 17 December 1940) is a Polish actress in both cinema and theatre, as well as a singer.
Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.
Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.
During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.
Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.
In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.
À vingt-deux ans elle débute au cinéma, et devient tout de suite populaire. Arrivée en France à trente ans par amour pour Jean Mailland et enceinte de son fils Pierre, elle entame une seconde carrière essentiellement théâtrale dont beaucoup de pièces de Bertolt Brecht. Elle travaille avec des metteurs en scène importants comme : Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc'O, Petrika Ionesco , Lucian Pintilie, Jacques Lassalle...
Elle tourne aussi dans plusieurs films dont « Sweet Movie » de Dušan Makavejev, film qui provoquera son interdiction en Pologne pendant quinze ans.
En 1978 elle commence une nouvelle carrière en tant que chanteuse, son récital Rêve d'Ouest-Rêve d'Est la fait connaître du grand public, d'abord à Paris au théâtre de la Ville puis en Belgique au théâtre Jean Vilar à Louvain-la-Neuve, où elle est accompagnée aux pianos par Oswald et Nicole d'Andrea, dans une direction artistique du belge Marc Lerchs.
À l'Olympia de Paris, elle reçoit alors le « Premier Prix à la Vocation Artistique » décerné par le Club des Onze, une association créée par Bruno Coquatrix et composée de personnalités du monde artistique dont Jean Wiener et Georges Auric.
Elle tourne dans La Cité des Femmes de Federico Fellini en 1980. Ses spectacles font le tour du monde, et elle pourra enfin retourner à Varsovie en 1989... pour célébrer ...le bicentenaire de la Révolution française.
En 2002, elle a écrit un livre de souvenirs Moi qui suis née à Varsovie.
En 2014, elle est Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Nationality France
Birth 17 december 1940 (83 years) at Warsaw (Pologne)
Awards Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Birth 17 december 1940 (83 years) at Warsaw (Pologne)
Awards Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Prucnal was born in Warsaw, Poland. After her father, a surgeon, was killed by the Nazis during World War II, Anna and her sister were raised by their mother, who was of noble descent and related to the 18th-century King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński. After studying piano and lyrical song, Anna Prucnal went on an acting career at the Studencki Teatr Satyryków, in Warsaw.
Prucnal first appeared in a movie at the age of twenty-two in the film “Sun and Shadow” (Slăntzeto i siankata), a popular release. In 1970, Prucnal moved to France and embarked upon a theatrical career, appearing in a number of plays by Bertolt Brecht. She worked with many important directors including Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc’O, Petrika Ionesco, Lucian Pintilie and Jacques Lassalle. She also appeared in several notable films, the most notorious of which was Dusan Makavejev's “Sweet Movie”, which Polish authorities deemed to be pornographic and anticommunist. As a result, Anna was banned from using her Polish passport, effectively exiling her from her homeland.
During the 1970s, Anna developed her career as a singer. Her album “Dream of West, Dream of East” was popular, initially in France, then Belgium, worldwide and, finally, in Warsaw in 1989… to celebrate the bicentenary of the French Revolution, and representing a homecoming of sorts for Anna.
Prucnal has continued to release records (such as “Monsieur Brecht” in 2006), and act in movies (“Wimbledon Stage” in 2001) and TV, as well as appearing on stage in the acclaimed play “The Vagina Monologues” in 2005.
In 2002, Prucnal published her autobiography (not yet translated in English) entitled “Moi qui suis née à Varsovie” (“I, who was born in Warsaw”), co-authored with Jean Mailland.
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Son père, chirurgien d'origine paysanne, juif et tzigane, fut assassiné par les nazis. Sa mère, de grande noblesse, descendante de Stanislas Leszczyński, élève donc seule ses deux filles. Après des études de piano et de chant lyrique, Anna Prucnal commence sa carrière d'actrice au Théâtre Satirique Étudiant (STS), foyer de contestation intellectuelle à Varsovie.À vingt-deux ans elle débute au cinéma, et devient tout de suite populaire. Arrivée en France à trente ans par amour pour Jean Mailland et enceinte de son fils Pierre, elle entame une seconde carrière essentiellement théâtrale dont beaucoup de pièces de Bertolt Brecht. Elle travaille avec des metteurs en scène importants comme : Jorge Lavelli, Georges Wilson, Roger Planchon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marc'O, Petrika Ionesco , Lucian Pintilie, Jacques Lassalle...
Elle tourne aussi dans plusieurs films dont « Sweet Movie » de Dušan Makavejev, film qui provoquera son interdiction en Pologne pendant quinze ans.
En 1978 elle commence une nouvelle carrière en tant que chanteuse, son récital Rêve d'Ouest-Rêve d'Est la fait connaître du grand public, d'abord à Paris au théâtre de la Ville puis en Belgique au théâtre Jean Vilar à Louvain-la-Neuve, où elle est accompagnée aux pianos par Oswald et Nicole d'Andrea, dans une direction artistique du belge Marc Lerchs.
À l'Olympia de Paris, elle reçoit alors le « Premier Prix à la Vocation Artistique » décerné par le Club des Onze, une association créée par Bruno Coquatrix et composée de personnalités du monde artistique dont Jean Wiener et Georges Auric.
Elle tourne dans La Cité des Femmes de Federico Fellini en 1980. Ses spectacles font le tour du monde, et elle pourra enfin retourner à Varsovie en 1989... pour célébrer ...le bicentenaire de la Révolution française.
En 2002, elle a écrit un livre de souvenirs Moi qui suis née à Varsovie.
En 2014, elle est Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Wimbledon Stage (2001)
, 1h10Directed by Mathieu Amalric
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Jeanne Balibar, Esther Gorintin, Anna Prucnal, Ariella Reggio, Anton Petje, Peter Hudson
Roles La femme blonde
Rating59%
Dans les rues de Trieste en Italie, une jeune femme part à la recherche d'un écrivain, Bobi Wohler, qui n'a jamais publié de livres de son vivant hormis ses traductions en italien des œuvres de Robert Musil et de Franz Kafka. Cet auteur fantôme serait mort dans les années 1960 et était devenu une figure du milieu littéraire et intellectuel de cette ville frontalière nourrie de la triple influence culturelle de l'empire austro-hongrois du début du siècle, de l'Italie au début de son unité, et de la Yougoslavie d'après-guerre. Bobi Wohler fréquentait Italo Svevo, Eugenio Montale, et James Joyce.
Love, Math and Sex (1997)
, 1h40Directed by Charlotte Silvera
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about mathematics
Actors Georges Corraface, Julie Delarme, Marie-Christine Barrault, Christophe Malavoy, Agnès Soral, Marie Laforêt
Roles La femme blonde
Rating59%
Lille, 1996. Sabine, issue d'une famille ayant des problèmes financiers, est une adolescente de 15 ans, surdouée en maths, dont le caractère est déjà bien affirmé. Déterminée, paraissant sûre d'elle et ayant déjà sa propre vision du monde, beaucoup liée aux mathématiques, elle rencontre un homme de quarante ans, immigré de Tchécoslovaquie, avec qui elle noue peu à peu des liens passionnels.
Crows (1995)
, 1h6Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska
Genres Drama
Actors Anna Prucnal, Bartłomiej Topa
Roles Nauczycielka
Rating71%
The General of the Dead Army (1983)
, 2h20Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Anouk Aimée, Ettore Manni, Michel Piccoli, Sergio Castellitto
Rating59%
Peu après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale un général qui n'a jamais connu les champs de bataille et un aumônier militaire italien reçoivent la délicate et onéreuse mission d'avoir à rapatrier les corps des soldats tombés en Albanie.
Snow (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Jean-Henri Roger, Juliet Berto
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Juliet Berto, Jean-François Stévenin, Patrick Chesnais, Robert Liensol, Jean-François Balmer, Michel Berto
Roles Wanda Vallès
Rating62%
À Pigalle, dans les années 1970, Anita se démène pour survivre entre drogués, dealers, policiers et faune de la nuit.
L'Ogre de Barbarie (1981)
Directed by Pierre Matteuzzi
Origin France
Actors Anna Prucnal, Bernard Fresson, Marina Vlady, Claude-Inga Barbey, Olivier Achard, Jean-Marie Verselle
Roles Halinka
City of Women (1980)
, 2h20Directed by Federico Fellini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Ettore Manni, Bernice Stegers, Fiammetta Baralla, Donatella Damiani
Roles Elena, the wife
Rating69%
Snàporaz (Marcello Mastroianni) wakes up during a train ride and has a brief fling with a woman in the bathroom, but it's cut short when the train suddenly stops and the woman gets off. Snàporaz follows her into the woods, through the wilderness and into a Grand Hotel overrun with women in attendance for a surrealistic feminist convention. He winds up in a conference about polyandry, where his presence is rejected. A frightened Snàporaz retreats to the hotel lobby, but the exit is blocked; instead he seeks refuge with a girl who offers her assistance, Donatella (Donatella Damiani), inside an elevator.
Bastien, Bastienne (1979)
, 1h45Directed by Michel Andrieu, Jacques Kébadian
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Enfant musicien
Actors Juliet Berto, Anna Prucnal, Orane Demazis, Béatrice Bruno, Jacques Chailleux
Roles Suzanne
Rating68%
Dans une grande propriété à la campagne ne vivent que des femmes et des enfants. Les maris sont soit morts, soit au front. La période troublée exacerbe les relations entre les deux belles sœurs, Catherine et Suzanne, qui ne s'aiment guère, les servantes tendent de calmer les disputes. Pendant ce temps, leurs fils respectifs, les trois garçons Yves, Éric et Jean-Charles, insouciants, entreprennent de monter une représentation de l'opéra de Mozart Bastien et Bastienne. Mais le front se rapproche, et bientôt, comme les gens du village, ils devront tous quitter la grande maison.
Mais ou et donc Ornicar (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Claire Denis, Bertrand Van Effenterre
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Geraldine Chaplin, Brigitte Fossey, Jean-François Stévenin, Didier Flamand, Roland Blanche, Anna Prucnal
Roles Agnès
Rating57%
Isabelle (Chaplin) and Anne (Fossey) are two young women that are looking to strike out, find their own identities independent of men. They look for this fulfillment in their professional lives, as one directs a video production unit for sociological research and the other becomes a garage mechanic. However her success at the garage means she has little time to spend with her husband and child. Meanwhile the sociologist becomes disillusioned by the communication gap she senses in the workplace. Her mechanic friend continues to struggle with her work-life balance and comes to realise how important family is in her life.
Dossier 51 (1978)
, 1h48Directed by Michel Deville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Roger Planchon, François Marthouret, Patrick Chesnais, Jean Martin, Daniel Mesguich, Anna Prucnal
Roles Sarah Robski
Rating72%
Le diplomate Dominique Auphal mène une vie tranquille jusqu'à ce que des services secrets mettent sous haute surveillance sa vie privée à la recherche d'une faille qui pourrait permettre de le forcer à travailler pour eux.
Civil Wars in France (1978)
Directed by Vincent Nordon, François Barat, Joël Farges
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Sami Frey, Didier Bezace, Alain Macé, Rosine Cadoret, Marc de Jonge, Pierre Vial
Roles La fédérée polonaise (segment "La semaine sanglante")
Rating18%
Dracula and Son (1976)
, 1h36Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Christopher Lee, Bernard Ménez, Bernard Alane, Anna Gaël, Catherine Breillat, Raymond Bussières
Rating54%
With angry villagers driving them away from their castle in Transylvania, Dracula (Christopher Lee) and his son Ferdinand (Bernard Menez) head abroad. The Prince of Darkness ends up in London, England where he becomes a horror movie star exploiting his vampire status. His son, meanwhile, is ashamed of his roots and ends up a night watchman in Paris, France where he falls for a girl. Naturally, tensions arise when father and son are reunited and both take a liking to the same girl.
Sweet Movie (1974)
, 1h38Directed by Dušan Makavejev
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about anarchism, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia, Political films, Films about virginity
Actors Carole Laure, John Vernon, Anna Prucnal, Pierre Clémenti, Sami Frey, George Melly
Roles Capt. Anna Planeta
Rating59%
One narrative follows Miss Monde 1984/Miss Canada (Carole Laure), who wins a contest of the "most virgin"; her prize is the marriage to a milk industry tycoon (John Vernon). However, following his degrading puritanical introduction to intercourse, she vents her intention to leave to her mother-in-law who, at that point, nearly has her killed. The family bodyguard (Roy Callender) takes her away, further humiliates her, and finally packs her in a trunk bound for Paris. She finds herself on the Eiffel Tower, where she absently meets and has intercourse with a Latin singer, El Macho (Sami Frey). The sexual act is interrupted by touring nuns who frighten the lovers into penis captivus. In her post-coital shocked state, she is adopted into an artist community led by Otto Muehl, where she finds affectionate care. The commune practices some liberating sessions, where a member, with the assistance of the others, goes through a (re)birth experience, cries, urinates and defecates like a baby, while the others are cleaning and pampering him. Later she is seen acting for an obscene advertisement, in which she is naked, covered in liquid chocolate.
Hellé (1972)
, 1h30Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gwen Welles, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Didier Haudepin, Bruno Pradal, Robert Hossein, Maria Schneider
Rating61%
An angry and embittered army veteran returns from Vietnam to his village, high in the Savoy mountains of France, where he attempts to brutalize those around him.
Reise ins Ehebett (1966)
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Anna Prucnal, Günther Simon
Roles Eva
Rating54%